Magic: The Gathering

Rescue from the Underworld

Theros 102 • uncommon

Set: Theros
Collector number: 102
Rarity: Uncommon
Mana cost: 4 generic mana black mana
Type: Instant
Colors: Black
Artist: Raymond Swanland
Market price: $0.21

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$0.21market price via TCGplayer · Aug 20, 2026$0.18 – $0.34 over the tracked period

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What it does

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.

Choose target creature card in your graveyard. Return that card and the sacrificed card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of your next upkeep. Exile Rescue from the Underworld.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Rescue from the Underworld was released in 2013 as part of the Theros set, a Magic: The Gathering expansion heavily inspired by Greek mythology. The card was designed to mechanically represent the myth of Orpheus, allowing a player to sacrifice a creature to return another from the graveyard to the battlefield, echoing the theme of crossing into the underworld to retrieve a lost soul.

The artwork was commissioned from fantasy illustrator Raymond Swanland, whose signature style features high-contrast lighting and exaggerated, kinetic motion. Swanland’s depiction of a spectral hand reaching upward against a dark, swirling environment was intended to emphasize the card's theme of resurrection and eldritch intervention, and it remains a recognizable example of his dramatic aesthetic within the game.

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Rescue from the UnderworldThe List · #THS-102 · uncommon · 2020$0.38

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